428 L. de Niceville & Dr. L. Martin — Butterflies of Sumatra. [No. 3, 
obtained in the Karo hills. It is near to P. dejeanii , Godart, from Java. 
Dr. Martin has seen the specimen, which seems to represent a very 
good though rare species, as his Battak collectors never succeeded in 
capturing it. It will probably be found more plentifully when the 
mountains of the Gayoe- and Alias-lands are explored. 
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236. Vanessa battakana, de Niceville, n. sp. 
Habitat: N.-E. Sumatra. 
Expanse : cf, 2*5 ; 9,2-6 inches. 
Description: Male and female. Nearest to V. perakana, Distant, 
from the Malay Peninsula, from which it may be known by the discal 
blue band on the upperside of the hindwing being much broader, in¬ 
vading the discoidal cell; in the type of V. perakana, now before me, 
which is a female, it is much narrower, not nearly extending to the cell. 
The Javan agrees with the Perak species in this feature. 
Occurs on the Central Plateau and the high mountains which 
surround it in May and December, but is very rare, as Dr. Martin has 
not obtained more than eight or ten specimens during his residence in 
Sumatra. Dr. Hagen has recently caught it in South Sumatra on 
Mount Kaba, 5,200 feet, a volcano near Mount Dempo, which is also a 
volcano. 
237. Symbrenthia hippoclus, Cramer. 
Hagen as Jiyppoclus [sic]. Staudinger as hyppoclus [sic^. 
238. Symbrenthia cotanda, Moore. 
Hagen as hypselis, Godardt [sic]. Staudinger as hypselis. I consi¬ 
der that the true S. hypselis , Godart, is confined to Java; the Indian, 
Burmese, Malayan Peninsula and Sumatran form being S. cotanda , 
Moore = S. si?iis , de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. vi, 
p. 357, n. 10, pi. F, fig. 9, male (1891). 
239. Symbrenthia hypatia, Wallace. 
S. hypatia, Frubstorfer, Stet. Exit. Zeifc., vol. Iv, p, 125, pi. iii, fig. 4, male (1894). 
Hagen. Distant has figured this species from Perak, and Fruhstor- 
fer from W. Java, both from males, but neither figure is good. The three 
Sumatran species of Symbrenthia are fairly common on suitable spots, 
and are thus distributed :— S> hippoclus , Cramer, occurs nearest to the 
sea, but extends over the whole of our area up to the Central Plateau. 
S. cotanda , Moore, first appears south of Namoe Oekor, Dr. Martin took 
his first specimen near Kampong Singhapura. S. hypatia is first met 
with at the elevation of Bekantschan; both the last-named species extend 
